1st Edition
The Routledge Handbook of Non-Ideal Theory
Introduction Hilkje C. Hänel and Johanna M. Müller
Revisiting “’Ideal Theory’ as Ideology” 15 Years Later Charles W. Mills
Part I: Methodological Challenges
1. Ideal and Non-Ideal Theory: Some Basic Distinctions Alexandru Volacu
2. Ideal Theory: An Internal Critique Jeffrey Carroll
3. Beyond Strict Compliance? Unpacking the Notion of Non-Ideal Theory as Partial Compliance Theory Naima Chahboun
4. Realistic Prescription Michael Goodhart
5. The Realism Trap: Are Feminists and Antiracists Really Non-Ideal Theorists? Serene J. Khader
6. What is Non-Ideal Theory? The Theoretical is Political Hilkje C. Hänel
7. Radical Kantian Rational Reconstruction Carol Hay
8. No Justice without Disability Jessica Begon
9. Discursive Resistance in a Non-Ideal World Nikki Ernst and Deborah Mühlebach
10. Non-Ideal Social Ontology and Emancipatory (or Critical) Social Ontology Katharine Jenkins
Part II: Intersections
11. Non-Ideal Theory and Political Realism Ilaria Cozzaglio and Greta Favara
12. Critical Theory and Non-Ideal Theory Titus Stahl
13. Approaching Global Justice: Ideal and Non-Ideal Elements in Political Ontology and Political Agency Johanna M. Müller
14. Non-Ideal Theory and Global Justice Maeve McKeown
15. Non-Ideal Theory and Resistance Candice Delmas
16. Migration and Non-Ideal Theory Alex Sager
17. Ability: The Unexplained Explainer Matthew Koshak and Joel Michael Reynolds
18. Ideal Theory, Literary Theory: Whither Transfeminism? Matthew J. Cull
19. Non-Ideal Theory and Ignorance Nadja El Kassar
20. Revisiting the Racial Contract: Race, Ignorance, and Non-Ideal Epistemology K. Bailey Thomas
21. Critical Race Structuralism and Non-Ideal Theory Elena Ruíz and Nora Berenstain
Part III: Applied Issues and Contemporary Challenges
22. Social Justice in Times of Crisis Kok-Chor Tan
23. Social Identity at the Margins: A Decolonial Approach Youjin Kong
24. Non-Ideal Theory and Racial Passing: Anything but Iranian Roksana Alavi
25. Theorizing Non-Ideal Agency Caleb Ward
26. Only Human (in the Age of Social Media) Barrett Emerick and Shannon Dea
27. From Predicaments to Pathophobia: Non-Ideal Approaches in Philosophy of Illness Ian James Kidd and Havi Carel
28. “The Health System Wasn’t Built for Us”: Medicine and Non-Normative Bodies Lauren Freeman
29. Epistemic Diversity, Ignorance, and Non-Ideal Philosophy of Science Quill R Kukla
30. Evidence in a Non-Ideal World: How Social Distortion Creates Skeptical Potholes Catharine Saint-Croix
31. Intuitions and Deference in Non-Ideal Philosophy of Language Samia Hesni
32. Non-Ideal Theory and Reparative Justice: The Logic of “Indigenous Rights” Rebecca Tsosie
33. Non-Ideal Theory and Critical Prison Studies Madeleine Kenyon and Andrea J. Pitts
34. Non-Ideal Climate Justice Fabian Schuppert.
Index
Biography
Hilkje C. Hänel is assistant professor in political theory at Potsdam University, Germany and PI of the International Research Network on The Relation of Theories of Epistemic Injustice and Recognition Theory, funded by the DFG.
Johanna M. Müller is a research assistant at the Department of Philosophy at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany.
